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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Atlantans have a Ball in DC
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When President and Mrs. Obama took a spin to “At Last” at the Southern States Ball on Tuesday night, Atlantans Ann Huff and Mildred Spalding were among those in the crowd.
“I think it was the most elegantly dressed crowd I’ve ever been around,” said Huff, co-owner of the Huff-Harrington gallery.
She wore an off-the-shoulder, taffeta opera length gown in olive green, close in hue to the stylish gloves Michelle Obama wore during the day on Tuesday.
“I was trying to match her gloves,” Huff joked.
Spalding wore a bolero jacket with her sleeveless black gown, and Huff was grateful for her gown’s long sleeves.
“We had heard that the coat lines would be extremely long and we thought we were being very smart and had our driver drop us off and left our coats in the car,” she said. “We absolutely froze walking into the ball.”
Huff and Spalding joined up with former Atlantans John and Meredith Cross while in D.C. They’ll be home in time for tonight’s ARThouse gala, benefiting the Atlanta Ballet, the Georgian National Ballet and the ATLart Foundation.
Ann Huff
Speaking of Huff-Harrington, gallery assistant Linda Mohan scored inauguration tix in a most fabulous way. She and Gannon Gingrey Manning, daughter of U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, both get their tressed trimmed at True at the Avenue West Cobb.
Salon owner Lynda Baker let Mohan know that Gannon Manning might be able to help, and the rest is memorable history.
“Just seeing the happiness, the hope in everybody’s eyes, it was like nothing I’ve ever seen,” Mohan said.
BMaynard Scarborough
As soon as he has a free minute, we need to get the scoop from Atlantan BMaynard Scarborough, who also attended the Southern States Ball.
“The Ball was amazing,” he said in a quick e-mail before catching a flight home.
Once he’s gotten settled and rested we hope to hear more.
Deane Bonner
Other metro Atlantans at the Southern Ball included Cobb County NAACP president Deane Bonner and boxer Evander Holyfield.
